Wyoming

WY789 shows to be closed, so that might not work.

 

It's not the same as us287. I'm looking at it right now it's open

 

I didn't say anything about US287.

http://www.wyoroad.info/pls/Browse/WRR.RoutesResults?SelectedRoute=WY789

It does show only eastbound closed on the part that runs concurrent with I-80, but the portion from Creston Jct to Baggs is showing slick, with blowing snow. Does the driver actually want to risk it??

 

I hope you have your big boy pants on for that route south... since it is NOT plowed or maintained during a snow emergency.

 

I see plows up there all the time, been running that way almost 40 years. I think you pantywaists should park till June if you get scared every time you see a snowflake.

 

Look at the webcam, I'm not seeing much of anything on the road

 

Shut the hell up!!!!

 

Since most of the drivers have less than 2 years experience, they do not know what a snow drift wind and ice can do. Yes you have the experience. They do not, and they are the ones that cause the big pile ups.

Wyoming snowplow priority
http://www.dot.state.wy.us/home/travel/winter/snow_plow_priority_plan.html

High volume (IA, IB) service is provided on interstates and principal arterial and urban routes. If necessary, crews will work up to 24 hours a day on IA highways and up to 20 hours a day on IB highways with a goal of maintaining a bare roadway for driving safely at reasonable speeds.

Medium volume (II) service is provided on lesser used minor arterial routes. The goal is to keep the roadway passable for drivers who are taking reasonable winter driving precautions, although with less emphasis on keeping the roadway
bare.

Low volume (IIIA, IIIB) service generally involves other less busy minor arterial and collector routes and is provided after high-volume and medium-volume routes have been cleared, with exceptions sometimes made for school buses or similar traffic. Low-volume service is provided only during daylight hours. Level IIIB state highways receive minimum levels of service as resources become available. During severe storms, scheduling depends on available personnel and equipment.

Closed (IV) service-level roads are the few that are allowed to close seasonally as snow accumulation dictates. For these roads, the cost of keeping them open through the winter overrides the benefits to the few travelers that might regularly use them.

 

I have no interest in any of their official bs. If the road's open I go. If it ain't, it ain't

 

How come that can work 24 hours a day and I can only work 14?